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Originally Posted by Pablo Fanque
The Wings didn't "stink" during that period. They were 186-163-55 in that stretch. Were they great? No. But they were a decent club.
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The Wings stretch of finishing 34-34, 28-38, and 34-38 probably didn't do much to grow the fan base and those records sucked compared to what the Wings set in motion with the addition of Scotty Bowman and a few Russians defecting. The last 2 years of that period going 43-25 and 47-28 probably helped a little, but early playoff exits still ensued. I was bringing up the old records to support my opinion that there were not many fans of today that saw Yzerman as a pure scorer since it wasn't until Stevie changed his style of play that the Red Wings became incredibly popular.
Between 1967 and 1983, Detroit only made the playoffs twice, winning one series. Yzerman came into a bad team initially with very little fan interest.